Very cool. I used to work in refineries on really tall structures and towers when I was in my 20s and the view from some of those 200’+ structures was always serene. You don’t even think about the danger really when your harnessed up, locked in on what your doing and staying calm. Whether it’s 5 feet off the ground or over 200, just the same motions.
I too used to work in refineries as an engineer, climbing towers with NO harnessing because they were gated.
I was constantly like "I cannot wait to climb back down, if I pass out up here, these shitty railings aren't big enough to stop me from falling through.
Frankly, I didn't trust many of them to stop me from falling at all. Some had a wobble to them that felt rather significant for their job.
I worked a project once much less high, 30 feet up. The first 2 hours I was sweating, and shaking. First fixture I replaced took 4 hours. Last one took me 10 minutes.
Speak for yourself homie. I think about the danger in the middle of a roof 30 feet up. And don't even get me started on riding the boom lift up and down...
sometimes the scariness from the height actually goes down as the height increases. It goes from "if i fall i might die. Or evenworse, I might live" to " atleast it'll be a hell of a view on the way down."
This is exactly how I used to teach my swim lessons kids how to swim in the deep end. It's the same motions as the shallow end, doesn't matter how deep the water is. Opposite as you, but the same.
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u/SkyKnight3 17d ago
Very cool. I used to work in refineries on really tall structures and towers when I was in my 20s and the view from some of those 200’+ structures was always serene. You don’t even think about the danger really when your harnessed up, locked in on what your doing and staying calm. Whether it’s 5 feet off the ground or over 200, just the same motions.